Tails 3.0 Anonymous Live OS Gets a Release Candidate, Upgrades to Tor 0.3.0.7

The developers of the Tails GNU/Linux distribution that provides an amnesic incognito live system, also known as an anonymous live system, announced today the release of the first RC (Release Candidate) milestone towards Tails 3.0.

Tails 3.0 is expected to launch early this summer based on the highly anticipated Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" operating system. It will be the biggest release of the project sporting the upcoming Tor Browser 7.0 anonymous web browser, latest Tor 0.3.x anonymous network (client and server), and much more.

The first Release Candidate of Tails 3.0 is here to include all the latest and important security issues, as well as to upgrade to base system to the current Debian GNU/Linux 9 "Stretch" packages. It also ships with the stable Tor 0.3.0.7-1 release and Tor Browser 7.0 Alpha 4 as default web browser for anonymous browsing.

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